Yes, that works in a manual mode but I want the default GUI to start in
16bpp not 8bpp. If I don't select any 8bpp modes in Xconfigurator the
program always says I have a X problem and takes me back to the beginning.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: RReed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing the default X windows color depth.
> start x this way
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> startx -- -bpp 16
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wayne Boaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: newbie-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 11:44 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Changing the default X windows color depth.
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> > Can anyone tell me how to change the default startup color depth from
8bpp
> > to 16bpp?
> >
> > I am running:
> > - Mandrake-Linux 6.0
> > - PCI Matrox Millennium II card with 4 megs of ram
> > - PCI Voodoo2 card with 8 megs of ram
> >
> > I got the Voodoo2 drivers installed last night but that was no help. I
> have
> > manually started the X server in 16bpp color mode but I can't cycle up
to
> > 16bpp colors from 8bpp with <ctrl><alt>+. I need 16bpp to run Quake3.
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> > Is there an init file I can edit to add the '-- -bpp 16' settings to?
I've
> > tried a lot and learned a lot but this has me stumped! ;.-(
> >
> > Wayne
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